Ravens receiver Mason retires from NFL

[Ravnet]

Originally Posted by revefsreleets

My guess is Mason plays long enough to get paid, and fakes an injury which he can milk out for the rest of the year. Since the Rats punked out on playing the opener in Pittsburgh (effing pussies), we will never find out one way or the other, as the first Rats game isn't til the end of November. Mason will be on the PUP or IR by then for sure...

Because you're literate and seem to be able to combine competent thoughts into coherent sentences, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that your absolutely outrageous claims are mere jokes, and that the sarcasm doesn't translate over the internet.

In that case,

[revefsreleets]

8-8...two more loses to the Steelers. That's all that really matters...

[Stover4Prez]

There is no way Mason folds up and goes home. He is probably the toughest player I have ever seen on the field. He played the end of the season completely banged up and was a powerhouse in a game where he played the second half literally with only 1 arm! Honestly, it is not like him to malinger to the end. If he says he is back, he is back!

[HometownGal]

Originally Posted by Stover4Prez

There is no way Mason folds up and goes home. He is probably the toughest player I have ever seen on the field. He played the end of the season completely banged up and was a powerhouse in a game where he played the second half literally with only 1 arm! Honestly, it is not like him to malinger to the end. If he says he is back, he is back!

I have no doubt Mason will give it his all as he always has on the field. Hines is the same way - can't keep a total teamer down.

[revefsreleets]

The beauty of all this is that we shall truly see in just a few weeks.

No disrespect to Mason, but when a guy wants to quit and is lured back in, I just don't think he's going to have his head 100% in the game...just like Favre last year. I AM certainly glad that I cheer for a team that doesn't have to pin a bunch of it's hopes onto one over-the-hill WR who has one eye on his pension, though...

[Ravnet]

Originally Posted by revefsreleets

I AM certainly glad that I cheer for a team that doesn't have to pin a bunch of it's hopes onto an embarrassingly weak offensive line one through five, though...

Fixed that for you.

[MasterOfPuppets]

Originally Posted by Ravnet

You have to be kidding me.

Do you actually think that Derrick Mason, a consummate professional in every sense of the term, would opt to not run the most efficient routes because Ryan Clark is "lurking?"

Give me a break. . .

if he's smart he will...

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[MasterOfPuppets]

Originally Posted by Steel Head

remember Timmons laid Mason the F out

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[revefsreleets]

Originally Posted by Ravnet

Fixed that for you.

Particularly weak even considering the source. That line is just one part of a much bigger team that is, for the most part, excellent. And I would NOT be so quick to dismiss them...the season hasn't even started yet.

Need I remind you that, no matter how close the games, and whatever excuses you want to make, the Steelers STILL beat the Rats 3 times last year.

Aren't you also the same nincompoop who said Clark is no threat to old man Mason?

Did you watch the video? Clark knocked Mcgehee the eff out, a big strong RB who HAS his head on a swivel and was 100% IN THE game.

Mason is a smart guy...he won't even be accidentally drifting over the middle this year unless it's as a decoy. His pension beckons...

[Ravnet]

Originally Posted by revefsreleets

That line is just one part of a much bigger team that is, for the most part, excellent. And I would NOT be so quick to dismiss them...the season hasn't even started yet.

So how could that possibly be said for your line and not our receivers?

I can post videos of our linebackers jacking up your quarterback, but that doesn't lead me to the conclusion that Ben will be hesitant next season and be content after a Super Bowl victory.